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Two caricature sketches from Art by the Falls, June 13-14, 2009

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June 29, 2009
International Visitor Leadership Program
Poltitical Cartoonists: A Regional Project for North Africa

Also present above (but not in order): Mr. Shaheed Mearaj Shaheen Abdul-Aziz, of Bahrain; Mr. Imed Ben Hamida of Tunisia, and Mr. Saad Abdulwahab H A Al-Muhannadi. I am in the middle. After Clevland, their next stop is the annual convention for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Portland, Oregon.		I was honored to meet with these six political cartoonists from North Africa and the middle east. I was not able to identify everyone in the photo, but I am sure of: Mr. Abdelbaki Boukhalfa, of Algeria (Baki), second from left, Mr. Fadhel A Gh A R Raes, of Kuwait, thrid from left, and from Egypt, Hany Shams, last on right. All of these gentlemen were interested in editorial cartooning in this country, and we discussed issues such as dealing with reader response, cartoonist responsibility and journalistic integrity. I asked them what they write about on a slow news day, and they said the weather! They all laughed, but one cartoonist said seriously, climate change! They are here under the auspices of the State Department, and the meeting was hosted by the Cleveland Council of World Affairs.
It was interesting to get a different perspective on world events. One thing we had in common: is the responsibility to create cartoons that honestly encourage readers to discuss and consider all opinions on an issue. Click on Images to Enlarge in a Separate Window.	A cartoon by Hany from his website. Right: a caricature of me by Baki.

Before I spoke (for about an hour) Chip Bok, of Creator's Syndicate and formerly of the Akron Beacon Journal, spoke to the group. I sketched this group gesture while they discussed the portrayal of Islamic people in American cartoons and the media... fortunately my part of the discussion didn't take that turn! The cartoonists did all discuss this very diplomatically... without any shoe throwing!

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